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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1963

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Safe Offer Surprised Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 July 1963 · page 19

A cash offer made for an old safe had the Colo Shire Council in a quandary recently…

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Flood Mitigation Council Has Board Member Take Up Fight

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1963 · page 2

Windsor Council has told its representativ[?] on the Water Board (Ald Maunder) to take [?] the fight for the use of the Warragamba [?] as a flood mitigating factor…

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Council Accepts Pool Tender Start To Be Made This Month

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 July 1963 · page 1

After accepting a tender for the construction of a “Municipal Swimming Centre” at Richmond, Windsor Council was told last week that work would…

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A Short Story on the Shire of Colo

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 July 1963 · page 31

On June 13, 1906, a committee of six men met at the Court House at Windsor to establish a provisional council to organise an election for responsible local government for the people of…

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Flood Relief In Shire

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 July 1963 · page 3

The Flood Relief Committee in Colo Shire received £2,500 for distribution among farmers who…

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Mayor Attacks Alderman On Sewerage Motion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald Gillespie) again accused Ald Main of “jumping on the band wagon” when he put a motion for a survey of the Windsor sewerage to the…

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Flood Level Posts Victory to Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 8

Windsor aldermen are quite proud of the fact that they have been instrumental in a…

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Service Station Application Council To Make No Recommendation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 14

In agreeing to re-submit a Richmond service station application to the Cumberland County Council, Windsor Council has rejected the landowner’s request…

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More Staff Needed By Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1963 · page 19

The Windsor Council engineer (Mr J. A. McKenna) has told council that an increase…

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“Privileged Person”, Says Alderman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 14

When a resident wrote to Windsor Council offering to grant an easement for a sewer main, an…

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Street Restoration Angry Aldermen Prepared To Sue Water Board

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 14

Incensed at the action of the Water Board in refusing to accept responsibility for a damaged gutter, some Windsor Council aldermen at the last…

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Fluoridation Again ! Council Now in Support

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 15

After its third full-scale debate on fluoridation in the last few months, Windsor Council has changed its mind again and will now advise the Water…

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Covered Manhole Council To Obtain Legal Advice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 19

Windsor Council is to obtain legal advice as lo its powers to deal with the allege[?] unauthorised…

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Residents File Complaints Against R.S.L. Club Petition To Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 3

Signed by 24 residents, a petition has been lodged with the Windsor Council, complaining against the Windsor R.S.L. Club…

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Big Purchase of Plant by Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 August 1963 · page 20

Orders for road plant valued at more than £27,500 have recently been place by the…

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Building Applications Land Must be Subdivided says Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 September 1963 · page 16

Colo Shire Council, will, in future, refuse all building applications in residential areas…

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Visit by Inspector Mayor Accuses Alderman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1963 · page 14

In a heated debate in the Windsor Council, the Mayor (Ald Gillespie) accused an alderman of being responsible for the visit of a Department of…

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Shire President Taken Ill

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1963 · page 6

The President of the Colo Shire Council (cr Mackenzie) was suddenly taken ill while he was…

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Council Opposed To Paying Unclaimed Sick Leave

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1963 · page 3

A move to have its finance committee consider the payment of unclaimed sick leave to employees was rejected at the last Windsor Council meeting…

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Council Premiums Amended

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 September 1963 · page 10

Following a recent successful claim by a farmer for crop damage totalling £3000, the…

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